▶ Your Answer : In this set of materials, both the reading passage and the lecture deal with the purposes of Chaco roads. Regarding this topic, the lecturer maintains that the purposes are unsure. This contradicts the writer's opinion that the Chaco roads were built owing to 3 possible reasons. To begin with, according to the lecturer, the roads were not built for the gatherings of people which took place in the great houses. This is because the great houses were consisted of hundreds of small rooms which is not appropriate for public gathering. In addition, the great houses were located on the steep hills which does not helpful for congregation. This casts doubt on the writer's assertion that the Chaco roads helped people to gather in great houses for public meetings. Secondly, the lecturer goes onto say that symbolizing 4 directions of roads is doubtful. She points out that if the roads symbolized the 4 directions, the roads actually would have not continued to the all directions. This disproves the writer's idea that the Chaco roads implicated the 4 basic directions, meaning roads for spirits and representing sunrise and sunset. Finally, the lecturer contends that the Chaco roads were not necessary for cultural center. For two hundreds years, drums were ceased to find there which is proof of cultural center's existence. This opposes the writer's suggestion that the Chaco roads backuped the cultural activities of Chaco people in Chaco canyon which included storytelling and public celebrates. |